Inside George Lazenby’s Lost 2nd Bond Film

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  • Taking a look at what Diamonds Are Forever would have been like had George Lazenby returned as James Bond.
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    0:00 Intro
    1:00 Sean Connery
    2:14 George Lazenby
    4:40 Plot
    9:05 Goldfinger Returns
    11:02 Howard Hughes
    11:25 Tom Mankiewicz
    12:18 What if?
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  • @pepperpeterpiperpickled9805
    @pepperpeterpiperpickled9805 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

    If you ever thought you were bad at your job, just remember an agent once told someone *NOT* to star in James Bond because it wasnt going to be relevant after the 1960s...

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Worst. Agent. Ever....

    • @user-zw5yx8pw6u
      @user-zw5yx8pw6u หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      A Government Secret Agent 🕵️‍♂️?

    • @michaelcanney7218
      @michaelcanney7218 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-zw5yx8pw6ujohnny rivers?

    • @jimhazel1544
      @jimhazel1544 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Reminds me of Dick Rowe from Decca records who did not sign The Beatles because he thought guitar bands were out.

    • @stephanclemens2348
      @stephanclemens2348 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He wasn't wrong though. Bond completely went into 70's Camp from DaF onwards while the early movies are not necessarily realistic but somewhat serious. That means that the Producers were themselfs aware that they need to change in order to go with the time to stay successful.

  • @ofb-jq5lc
    @ofb-jq5lc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +305

    A revenge driven, Diamond Are Forever, with George Lazenby, and directed by Peter Hunt would have cemented Lazenby as one of, if not the best Bond ever. OHMSS is one of the greatest Bond films.

    • @alexmacleod3728
      @alexmacleod3728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Would've fitted into the Crime Films of 1971 like Dirty Harry and The French Connection

    • @bradavon
      @bradavon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Decent film but it wouldn't have suddenly given Lazenby charisma. Which remains a problem with OHMSS. What a twit for leaving the series too.

    • @benjaminfisher5351
      @benjaminfisher5351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There’s a great documentary on this with Lazenby telling his story. He did the whole thing on a whim anyway so you really cant blame him for quitting!

    • @squirrelprooffeeder
      @squirrelprooffeeder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@benjaminfisher5351 Yes! "Becoming Bond" (2017), delightfully directed by Josh Greenbaum.

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I doubt that very much!
      OHMSS was not as successful as Connery's Bond films
      EON was desparate to get him back, hence the million dollar fee.
      But even then, Diamonds... wasn't the great hit it was expected to be.
      OHMSS was a better movie, tho.

  • @aaroncrilly2005
    @aaroncrilly2005 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +319

    I actually like George Lazenby, he makes Bond more emotionally relatable and likeable

    • @TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond
      @TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Me too. And even without Connery, OHMSS is still my favorite of the classic Bond films. The direction and cinematography were maybe the best the series would look for a long time. I like Moore's era well enough, but visually they were a big step backwards. Diamonds already was, but Moore's films just looked bland. Even if that skydiving sequence from Moonraker is absolutely incredible. Shame it's in kind of a crap movie, because what a sequence that was!

    • @TheGrenadier97
      @TheGrenadier97 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      True. Somehow i had the impression that he was more "modest".

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      The scene of him breaking down emotionally lost as the henchmen close in is fantastic and not something we'd see from a Bond. It's a great adaption of a great novel and I don't think audiences were ready for that at the time.

    • @thecandlemaker1329
      @thecandlemaker1329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@TheGrenadier97 The funny thing is that the actor himself was the opposite of that impression that he made.

    • @TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond
      @TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@davidjames579 Yeah same way they weren't ready for Lazenby. Too gritty for a lot of people. Yet Daniel Craig was a huge hit with audiences.

  • @Dreadjaws
    @Dreadjaws 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    It's odd how On Her Majesty's Secret Service is considered a bit of an outlier in the Bond franchise when it's by far the most influential film in the series. Hell, look at how most of Austin Powers came out directly out of it: Austin's iconic outfit, the character of Frau, even Dr. Evil's portrayal is mostly based on this particular version of Blofeld. It would have been interesting to see the series continue in that direction. We would have gotten a more grounded Bond long before Daniel Craig.

    • @davidbrims5825
      @davidbrims5825 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Don’t be silly.

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      you jest of course...
      Thunderball was more influential;
      in a certain film called True Lies, Arnold Shwarzenegger wears a tuxedu under a wetsuit.
      And he also has a "Breather" later in that movie.
      And a jet is stolen in that movie
      And of course the film was virtually remade into Never Say Never Again.
      etc.

    • @jac6995
      @jac6995 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Frau was based on a Rosa Klebb from From Russia with Love and Dr. Evil was based on the You Only Live Twice version of Blofeld. All in all Diamonds are Forever seems like a heavier influence on Austin Powers.

    • @jac6995
      @jac6995 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@bobrew461 The tuxedo under the wet suit gag is from Goldfinger not Thunderball

    • @jeffleighton4385
      @jeffleighton4385 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Austin Powers was taken directly from Donald Plesence as Blofeld in ' You Only Live Twice'.

  • @chase138
    @chase138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    This is one of my biggest what ifs ever…I actually enjoyed George Lazenby as Bond and OHMSS is one of the most underrated Bond films of the series.

    • @spatrick1441
      @spatrick1441 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      i don't know about underrated - ohmss is counted as one of the best bond films in terms of story and character

    • @chase138
      @chase138 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@spatrick1441 The film only recently has been reassessed by fans and critics I feel in the last decade or so. It use to be sort of be the black sheep of the franchise since Lazenby was one and done.
      Also, Bond marries the girl which was against the norm back then and stylistically it was very different than the previous Bonds as well. A lot of people didn’t want an emotional Bond…they wanted the womanizing Sean Connery damnit!

    • @user-xp2gm8im2c
      @user-xp2gm8im2c หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@chase138 And in this film Bond is womanizing.

    • @chase138
      @chase138 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@user-xp2gm8im2c Yes, I’m aware. What I mean is they didn’t want Bond to settle down and be a one woman man which he is by the end of the film. In general, audiences of the time weren’t necessarily looking for a courtship/ love story in a Bond film.

    • @Benjiesbeenbetter.
      @Benjiesbeenbetter. หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@chase138 Originally Bond was going to have a regular girlfriend. Eunice Grayson played her in the first two movies then the character was dropped.

  • @user-pp5iy6ur8s
    @user-pp5iy6ur8s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    OHMSS had one of the best Bond climaxes ever-the great shoot outs on the peaks, and the bobsled battle. Fine epilogue as well.

    • @scorpionwins6378
      @scorpionwins6378 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Part that kills me the most about that film is his rambling genealogy speech to the ladies and how he referred to himself using the nickname "Hildie".
      Never did quite get used to him as Bond.

  • @QuintonLeo
    @QuintonLeo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    I'm massive Bond fan myself. Lazenby was fantastic as Bond and I truly wish he would have stayed on as the character. This sequel sounds like it would have been groundbreaking for its time and truly fantastic to watch.
    I strongly recommend everyone who watches to also checkout the documentary "Becoming Bond," it was released in 2017 and has several interviews with Lazenby himself talking about how he got the role. It's been a while since I watched it, so I don't remember the exact details, but I remember feeling that he had regret over losing the role

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I feel it could have potentially have been a Dark Knight or Dune Part Two of the series in the way it expands the character and his journey.

    • @QuintonLeo
      @QuintonLeo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@davidjames579 I agree completely. Qauntum of Solace which became the first direct sequel in the franchise, is arguably the weakest of Daniel Craig's run in my opinion. This sounds like it would have truly been a classic and on the upper tier of Bond films. Unfortunately we will never know.

    • @shib2352
      @shib2352 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It was his choice to act like an obnoxious ass and walk away from the role of a lifetime.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@shib2352 yeah, he agrees with you on that.

    • @chase138
      @chase138 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@QuintonLeo This also had a lot to do with the writer’s strike at the time. No professional writers could edit the script and they went into production with it really not being ready. Craig was having to do rewrites with the director day off in some cases onset.

  • @whiskeyfx_7893
    @whiskeyfx_7893 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    Always wished we saw more interaction between Bond and other double 0’s

    • @brucegilbert7243
      @brucegilbert7243 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      006 was always killed before 007 was put on the case.

    • @whiskeyfx_7893
      @whiskeyfx_7893 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@brucegilbert7243 I always thought there were several double 0’s out in the field at once?

    • @cha5
      @cha5 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@whiskeyfx_7893008 is mentioned but never seen in Goldfinger.

    • @whiskeyfx_7893
      @whiskeyfx_7893 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@brucegilbert7243 double 0 agents do work together, GoldenEye. Wish we saw more of that

    • @matthewstoneback9
      @matthewstoneback9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right? I loved Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye! I kind of wish they'd let him live in the end, and have him return as a recurring villain.

  • @hombre1965
    @hombre1965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    OHMSS is still my favorite Bond. Lazenby nailed it first time out. He would have been terrific in six more films.

  • @andersljungqvist5389
    @andersljungqvist5389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    On her Majesty's Secret Service is one of the best Bond flicks in my opinion, storywise at least, and with a very strong and unexpected ending. Mr Lazenby himself is also a perfect gentleman and, put it simply, just a very nice guy. That's my memory of him as I've met him and had a lengthy discussion with him regarding his career and life in general. He did tell me the full story behind him not continuing on as Bond, as this video do only partially reveal. But it is a shame we did not see him in more of them, as he himself has since then regretted. He was however, as I perceived it, content with the life he lived with several children.

  • @stsolomon618
    @stsolomon618 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Even though Lazenby had a short stint as Bond, I believe if he had more films he would have grown into the role. Plus on her majesty secret service theme is so cool.

    • @1775adam
      @1775adam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      💯 He was the proto-Dalton/Craig. More serious and grounded

    • @jaydouglas5847
      @jaydouglas5847 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The great composer John Barry, wrote an incredible score for this movie, perhaps the best of his Bond scores. It's here on youtube th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_na2bQww286MtcLwf7kBN2eiBasfztuDhY.html

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No divas allowed!

    • @tellmeiamwrong
      @tellmeiamwrong 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Best bond theme full stop

  • @NickMichalak
    @NickMichalak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    Correction: Felix didn’t die in Licence to Kill. His bride Della did, but Felix was only mauled by Sanchez’s shark. He’s still alive at the end of the film taking to Bond on the phone.

    • @Bulletsandblockbusters
      @Bulletsandblockbusters  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      High as a kite too haha. But yes, thnx for the correction

    • @garethpeck3607
      @garethpeck3607 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's a pretty unlikely survival though...

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@garethpeck3607in the Licence To Kill novelisation it's Felix's SECOND leg to be bitten off by a shark. As following novel Canon he'd already lost one to shark torture in Live And Let Die. In the book he even comments on the bad luck of running foul of two independent sets of baddies who feed victims to sharks.

    • @benjaminfisher5351
      @benjaminfisher5351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow that’s ridiculous.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@benjaminfisher5351 lol I know it's like something out of Austin Powers. But the writer was told to keep the novelisation of the film a sequel to the Fleming novels. Despite the films not being in continuity to the novels (the shark attack was not used in the film of Live And Let Die but held off until Licence To Kill).

  • @merkury06
    @merkury06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Lazenby played the best physical fighting Bond until Daniel Craig 37 years later. And Telly Savalas the best Blofeld.

  • @HerbCoswellBornAgain
    @HerbCoswellBornAgain 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    On Her Majestys Secret Service was the most underrated bond film ever made. I would've to have seen a revenge driven version of Diamonds are Forever.
    And yes, I know I already made a comment like this, but this is how much I wish Lazenby was given another Bond film.

    • @alexmacleod3728
      @alexmacleod3728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would've fitted into the Crime Films of that Year like Dirty Harry and The French Connection

  • @travismiddleton8218
    @travismiddleton8218 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    Both of these versions of Diamonds would have been better than what we got.

    • @user-pp5iy6ur8s
      @user-pp5iy6ur8s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      True, easily the worst of the Connery Bond movies.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      It's so ridiculous and camp that it's entertaining.

    • @listerofsmeg884
      @listerofsmeg884 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's a really odd one. The pre credits scene is awful , particularly as it's the only reference to the previous film. Then the first hour or so is pretty good. Tiffany Case is an interesting character as are Whit and Kidd. But then it just goes completely off the rails like another director came on board😮.

    • @tedbailey3673
      @tedbailey3673 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      At least the climatic battle between Bond and Blofeld is top shelf, the way he bashes the minisub into things is thrilling cinema.

    • @user-pp5iy6ur8s
      @user-pp5iy6ur8s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tedbailey3673Nice.

  • @MrAwesomesanchez92
    @MrAwesomesanchez92 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    As an avid Bond film fan myself, I have been waiting for this video for a long time now and I'm glad I got to finally see it.

  • @mayerbasic7004
    @mayerbasic7004 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Bond fans are doomed to never receive a satisfying conclusion to Blofeld/SPECTRE.

    • @Kutanamar
      @Kutanamar หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      SPECTRE most likely disbanded, and Blofeld got dumped down a smokestack in the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only."

    • @mayerbasic7004
      @mayerbasic7004 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Kutanamar I don't consider that scene in FYEO to be canon.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mayerbasic7004 I couldn't stand that. For me, it was more insulting than DAF ignoring OHMSS.

  • @martinkelly9074
    @martinkelly9074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Lazenby was great, OHMSS was my favourite Bond film

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    The original Goldeneye script, by Michael France, would make a good What Could Have Been. It’s online to read. I couldn’t picture Dalton, as it was originally for him, and I couldn’t picture Brosnan either, as he starred in it, because I kept picturing Craig because it has a more serious tone like his Bond movies. Alec Trevelyan was older and a mentor to Bond, and aspects of the script got used in later Bond movies

    • @JOSH-lw2jv
      @JOSH-lw2jv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Anthony Hopkins (who was also offered the role of Elliot Carver
      in *"Tomorrow Never Dies")* was considered for the role of Augustus Trevelyan, but he turned it down. Also, Alan Rickman was considered but he too turned it down, stating that he was getting tired of playing a villain.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I easily pictured Dalton

    • @josephamato2031
      @josephamato2031 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Dalton was the man

  • @tylerrumfelt3353
    @tylerrumfelt3353 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I wish lazenby came back honestly I love majesty

    • @benjaminfisher5351
      @benjaminfisher5351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Check out the Lazenby documentary “Becoming Bond” starring him!

  • @WaltherPPK007
    @WaltherPPK007 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Honestly not the biggest fan of Timothy Daltons bond, but you have to commend the man for understanding that James Bond should be older than his 20’s. Very cool of him to pass on the role at first, it shows that he understood who the character of Bond is.

    • @Ray_2112
      @Ray_2112 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agree. I'm not a big fan of his Bond, but he was probably the actor who thought most about what's right for the character. I didn't even know until now that he was already considered so early for the role...crazy.

    • @goodmaro
      @goodmaro 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I prefer *Tony* Dalton's James Bond in _Better Call Saul_ .The Lalo character is obviously based on 007, with him coming to a hilariously inverted end.

  • @ShelterCats
    @ShelterCats 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Oh George. If only he had a different agent. He would have ruled the 70s. This is the diamonds that should have been.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      George had also got into The Counter Culture (and LSD) and genuinely believed Bond was old news, and in fact a bully of the state. He used his brief clout to get a film made that addresses this, Universal Soldier (1971). In the film, Lazenby plays an ace hit man who retires after giving up violence and embracing peace.

  • @ricogomez4020
    @ricogomez4020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is the best 007 info I have ever seen on youtube. I salute you!

  • @classicsonicthewild6051
    @classicsonicthewild6051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Fun Fact: Hugh Jackman, Tom Hardy, Sam Worthington And Ewan McGregor Were All Considered For The Role Of James Bond Before Daniel Craig Was Cast

    • @lukesams3349
      @lukesams3349 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      “Hello there”
      “Mr. Bond, you are a bold one”

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@johnclements6070part of the fun of the Bond fandom is passing on things found out. Yes you could look that up on Wikipedia, but don't put someone down for passing on something they've found out. There's excitement in talking about anything to do with Bond. No need to be snarky.

    • @alexmacleod3728
      @alexmacleod3728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And Jude Law

    • @gerarduspoppel2831
      @gerarduspoppel2831 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So was Clive Owen.

    • @theessentials450
      @theessentials450 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      All terrible choices.

  • @TrentPruitt1997
    @TrentPruitt1997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    To quote Star-Lord, “finally”.
    Nice work. You should dive into James Brolin almost being Bond in Octopussy. He even did a screen test with Maud Adams and got pretty close until they brought Roger Moore back to compete against Sean Connery and Never Say Never Again.

  • @darinhaller6034
    @darinhaller6034 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I grew up in the 80s so my first Bond was Octopussy and as a kid I loved Roger Moore but as I got older and I started watching all of them in order and when I got to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, that became my new favorite! In my top 5 Bond movies.

    • @Simon-xc5oy
      @Simon-xc5oy หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes I was the same. I utterly loved Roger Moore as Bond. Why? He was the one I saw first. People forget the 70s was a pretty grim time. Moore was the perfect Bond for that era, the over the top fun and brilliant adventures. Live and Let Die is good, The Spy Who Loved me is utterly superb and Moonraker is bonkers fun, For Your Eyes only is brilliant as well...All the Bonds had at least one great Bond movie. The thing I liked most about Moore though, is he was a true gent. He was as sophisticated, suave and urbane as the characters he played. He was also a true Englishman of the old school, old fashioned type. I always thought Connery when I saw him as Bond was a bit too...I dont know...smug maybe. Moore never moaned about the role off screen unlike a lot of the others as well, he got on with it and made the best of it and stuck with it as he knew it made him a lot of money. Why complain about something that makes you rich and famous and opens doors? Connery, Lazenby and Craig should have kept that in mind....

  • @pauls.7530
    @pauls.7530 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Richard Maibaum also wrote an early Batman screenplay before being replaced by Tom Mankiewicz yet again. It’s in the Maibaum archives at the University of Iowa. Good luck getting ahold of that one! 😊

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mankiewicz's script had some good ideas but it was far too campy.

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    OHMSS IS my favourite Bond movie, I would have loved to see his take on Diamonds Are Forever ❤

  • @Montagne1234
    @Montagne1234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I saw ohmss last week for the first time and the ending hit me
    I really wish we got more lazenby

  • @johnaraya3761
    @johnaraya3761 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    another banger as always boss, your the man with this lol

  • @JamesB-mg9pk
    @JamesB-mg9pk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I liked Lazenby. OHMSS was very good. Would have for sure like to see more of Lazenby.

    • @rockstopsthetraffic
      @rockstopsthetraffic 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The movie was better than the actor. Not that he came off too terribly, but I wouldn't have minded him being recast again, with a story in the same vein.

  • @brucecrawford_17
    @brucecrawford_17 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Thank you for this video. I love the Bond film series!

  • @GuyWebz
    @GuyWebz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh man, Sean Connery being stalked and photographed in the loo is next level paparazzi 😖😖😖😖

  • @esotericsage6914
    @esotericsage6914 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maybe one day AI can show us what both versions of the scrapped DAF could've looked like.
    I think the Goldfinger II angle would've done better at the Box Office, but the OHMSS II version, that would've aged like fine wine.
    As TravisMiddleton8218 said below, either of these would've been better than what we got.

  • @realwhatbrains
    @realwhatbrains 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "I'm not James Bond, I'm Sean Connery" What a legend.😅

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The interviewers in Japan kept addressing him as James Bond and didn't want to see him as anything but that, e.g wanting to discuss other roles he was doing or would like to.

  • @MackEastwood23
    @MackEastwood23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Diamonds are forever forever forever🎶

    • @frankstrawnation
      @frankstrawnation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And ever.

    • @JayTemple
      @JayTemple หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@frankstrawnation AND EVER!
      Search for Shirley Bassey singing "Where Do I Begin". She sounds like she's singing a Bond theme even when she's not!

  • @TVChannel350
    @TVChannel350 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Dang we missed out on what could’ve been a nice sequel

  • @blh708
    @blh708 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for the video! Interesting stuff!

  • @8ojack
    @8ojack 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Been waiting a while for this… did not disappoint! 🤩

  • @Memeguy127-zn9cg
    @Memeguy127-zn9cg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Been waiting for this

  • @HerbCoswellBornAgain
    @HerbCoswellBornAgain 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Really wish Lazenby got at least one more Bond film to get a second chance to show off what's hes capable of as an actor, but, oh well.

  • @circle1552
    @circle1552 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OHMSS is one of my favourite films...I wish this was the real 'Diamonds are Forever' because I would 100% watch this. George Lazenby is so underrated as Bond and it's clear to me that his take on Bond and the uniqueness of OHMSS was used later in Craig's 007 films (I love them as well).
    Fantastic video

  • @megadavemedina
    @megadavemedina 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    thanks for your hard work

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As a lifelong Bond fan who devours any knowledge I can find about the subject this was breath taking as I'd never heard this ever before.

  • @juniorjames7076
    @juniorjames7076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the first Bond film I ever saw (edited for television in the 1980s). That movie (& Lazenby) remain the definitive Bond story for me. All the rest that I eventually saw either measured up to it, or failed miserably. Casino Royale came close. OHMSS is the bar.

    • @DomH75
      @DomH75 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, I'm the same! Might have been the same showing! It meant I had a different view of the Bond series from a lot of people, since the early 80s was peak Roger Moore.

    • @juniorjames7076
      @juniorjames7076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DomH75 ABC SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES!!!

    • @DomH75
      @DomH75 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@juniorjames7076 That was probably the one: I was very young and ABC lost its franchise in the early 80s! I'll never forget seeing that ending: it really hit me at such an early age.

  • @Profvanhelsing1972
    @Profvanhelsing1972 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Based on what you shared, I would have loved Dalton to star in OHMSS and to have a LTK inflected DAF as his sequel.
    The Bond Series over the years has had many missed opportunities and yet many have kept coming back for more. In the end though, we got Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig. We got all the “good bits” just out of order.
    One wishes we could have a total reboot and could start from scratch with a great Bond and all of the best bits in some sort of coherent order from book and screen.

    • @melamineflorentine8134
      @melamineflorentine8134 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dalton with Judi Dench as Traci Draco ☺... but seriously... other Bond books have been written by other authors and as it stands.. The Man With the Golde gun is a contiuation of the YOLT plot lines that were used in NTTD.

  • @viking_2112
    @viking_2112 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Damn. The original script for lazenby in diamonds is actually quite entertaining. Blofeld's original death seems a bit anticlimactic though. Great video

    • @Kutanamar
      @Kutanamar หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah. That was the only part I wasn't all that keen on. Seems like a silly way to end such an iconic foe.

  • @adrianunderwood8642
    @adrianunderwood8642 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Liked Lazenby, bad mistake turning 6 picture deal down! OHMSS is one of the best and one of my guilty pleasures! Do wish Lazenby had given it another go!

  • @Marklovesdrama
    @Marklovesdrama 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A really interesting video. A revenge thriller would have been much better than the film we got.

  • @DGtheaterprivate
    @DGtheaterprivate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I come to your channel for everything movie related! Thank you for another banger of a video!

  • @DC9848
    @DC9848 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Damn that plot actually sounded very good.

  • @oscarmeagher455
    @oscarmeagher455 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've been looking forward to this one. Thank you

  • @Willowphase2
    @Willowphase2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Lazenby/Hunt version of Diamonds is one of cinema’s great missed opportunities.

  • @lukasinfinitybin
    @lukasinfinitybin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i must say that the plot for if diamonds are forever was a sequel to majesties is really interesting in my opinion, wouldve probably been interesting to see how would it have played out in motion

  • @honkeykong9563
    @honkeykong9563 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Some suggestions:
    WCHB: Total Recall
    WCHB: Neil Blomkamp's Alien and his Robocop.

  • @Smithcraft1
    @Smithcraft1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That revenge driven sequel would have been incredible!

  • @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667
    @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Awesome video as always say man 🌍🌟
    Could you talk about Guillermo Del Toro Hellboy 3 ???
    Could you talk about Guillermo Del Toro Pacífic Rim 2 ???

  • @thunderdeed1
    @thunderdeed1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wish Lazenby would have done DAF and then maybe walked away. I've heard they offered him a 6 picture deal , they didn't want him back , the studio heads wanted Connery back. So many different stories we'll probably never know.

  • @31hallite
    @31hallite หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    George Lazenby also played Bond in the Man from Uncle movie to.

  • @johnpittsii7524
    @johnpittsii7524 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for the amazing video ❤

  • @moorlock2003
    @moorlock2003 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It is great to read so many people praising Lazenby as Bond. I think it’s a terrible shame he didn’t continue. Connery was too old for Diamonds are Forever and Roger Moore was just not right. We were too used to seeing his winking-at-the-audience TV role as The Saint.

    • @user-xp2gm8im2c
      @user-xp2gm8im2c 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Connery was too old in ''Never Say Never Again''. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film).
      28.01- 29.06 th-cam.com/video/vQ5PC7m45_0/w-d-xo.html

  • @moviesgalore9947
    @moviesgalore9947 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Now do the Connery version of Her Majesty's Secret Service would it have been the same?

  • @brucegilbert7243
    @brucegilbert7243 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Sean Connery orginally signed a six picture deal and then felt left behind. George Lazenby could have been the Bond of the 1970's, but wasn't accustomned to the pace of movie making.

  • @11C1P
    @11C1P 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lazenby was easily the best Bond ever, it's too bad we didn't get a few more films with him in the role.

  • @TheDbaru
    @TheDbaru 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    God I love the early Bond movies, OHMSS definitely included even though I prefer Connery. I hope the Bond franchise achieves a return to form, but I'm not very hopeful after the last few movies and all the rhetoric coming from the producers.

  • @The_Lost_Subrosian
    @The_Lost_Subrosian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This also begs the question, what if Timothy Dalton returned for Goldeneye in 1995?

    • @Bulletsandblockbusters
      @Bulletsandblockbusters  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a video on that

    • @renekauts8323
      @renekauts8323 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, no, no. Too late for that! 1987: TIMOTHY DALTON!!! & 1995: PIERCE BROSNAN!!!

    • @user-xp2gm8im2c
      @user-xp2gm8im2c 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The question for me is, what if Timothy Dalton starting in ''A View to a Kill'' 1985?

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lazenby was highlynunderrated. Though he wasnt an actor, he was a model.

  • @seereadnhear
    @seereadnhear 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I don't dislike Sean Connery's diamonds but I do think that George Lazenby one would have been a lot better. I know there's a few Bond stories that Ian Fleming wrote that has yet been made into films I think they should go that route and make it a period film.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Apparently one of the reasons EON are against doing a period Bond is a large part of their funding comes from product placement and you can't sell new phones and watches in a period film.

    • @seereadnhear
      @seereadnhear 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@davidjames579 true but you can say that they're experimental in that time period. Just got to be a little creative

  • @johnashton4776
    @johnashton4776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Diamond satellite was used in both Die Another Day and Batman forever George Clooney.

  • @mrblobby7864
    @mrblobby7864 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never heard about this original idea for Diamonds. The Maibaum version sounds great and would have been a much more satisfying conclusion to the previous film. Bringing back Lazenby would have been ideal but Connery was an incredible actor when he cared so I think the movie still would have worked if that story had been used. Funny how the producers were keen for the movie to connect with young people yet the version of Diamonds that we got is way more dated than Majesty's and feels like a something made 10 years earlier when compared to so many other American films from 1971.

  • @mystikrebel1089
    @mystikrebel1089 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Buddy hell these versions are a million times better than the original ones that I love also lol

  • @Muscats1980
    @Muscats1980 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the repurposed visuals!

  • @rollieletcher1309
    @rollieletcher1309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If George Lazenby would not have taken such bad advise at the time . I really think he would have ben very good as Bond James Bond

  • @mikehindson-evans159
    @mikehindson-evans159 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a fabulous, inventive, far-reaching, long-ranging re-imagining of "what might have been". Kudos for your imagination - and thanks for a great laugh. Your creativity is appreciated.

  • @jonzu4
    @jonzu4 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Finally!

  • @DrD00M3
    @DrD00M3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Indeed a Sean Connery OHMSS would be great

  • @officialmurdochstan2604
    @officialmurdochstan2604 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid! My question is what your source for the plot synopsis is....

  • @rigsby1454
    @rigsby1454 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Probably the best Bond film

  • @HighFlyingEYE
    @HighFlyingEYE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Would it been possible to do what would of been Tarantinos Casino Royale or Star Trek

    • @Bulletsandblockbusters
      @Bulletsandblockbusters  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Already have

    • @HighFlyingEYE
      @HighFlyingEYE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Bulletsandblockbusters whoops, I thought you did just wasn't sure

  • @cloudmover
    @cloudmover 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    OHMSS is my favorite Bond film. This was the only film that actually allowed the Bond character to change form the beginning to the end.

    • @renekauts8323
      @renekauts8323 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a great James Bond film! My Top-10 is: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1995.

  • @TheFrog767
    @TheFrog767 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lazenby was a real believable BOND he played the part superbly

  • @thatguyfromcetialphaV
    @thatguyfromcetialphaV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the Wrath of Khan Nicholas Meyer reference. He had a hand in the initial scripting of Tomorrow Never Dies. I'd have liked a second Lazenby outing.

  • @ramyal-rufaie738
    @ramyal-rufaie738 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have long been fascinated by the idea of a Lazenby led DAF, and so had been hoping for ages that you might do this video! Big props to you for the excellent end result - it clearly must’ve taken a lot of time and effort 👏🏼.
    I do wonder if the passing of Ilse Steppat (Irma Bunt) just 4 days after OHMSS’s international release was a contributing factor in plans changing. It may have confused audiences if the part had been re-cast in DAF for little more than a cameo appearance.

    • @Bulletsandblockbusters
      @Bulletsandblockbusters  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m sure it played a part

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is funny after keeping continuity after Lazenby and Steppat not returning they then cast Charles Grey again but as Blofeld this time.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wouldn’t have made a difference. They recast Blofeld in every movie he was in in the 60s and 70s and they didn’t care about that.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If Bunt is for most of her appearance in DAF looking like a man, I wonder if Lazenby could have chased and fought a stuntman, then Bunt's only appearance is when the disguise is removed. Could they have got away with it after Steppat's death? Maybe used a double, but with her eyes closed and obscured by a dark railway tunnel. And turn have Bond and M discuss Bunt's death, so we know it's her.

    • @ramyal-rufaie738
      @ramyal-rufaie738 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thefonzkiss True - but his character was easily recognisable to audiences (the suit, the white cat, etc) in a way that Bunt was not.

  • @TommyRibs
    @TommyRibs หลายเดือนก่อน

    OHMSS is my favorite Bond Story and favorite Bond Movie.

  • @Genericwhitemail
    @Genericwhitemail 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never forget, that one line survived the version of _Diamonds Are Forever_ that we got, albeit delivered in different circumstances by the other character:
    (On Blofeld's Death)
    *BOND*
    Well, well, well ... look what the cat dragged in.

  • @AOIbis
    @AOIbis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That actually sounds like a good movie!

  • @iowa61
    @iowa61 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is only one James Bond. There have been some good Bonds, with varying degrees of success.
    But nobody can touch Sean Connery for the perfect blend of style, humor and when required, absolute viciousness.

  • @imagographics5096
    @imagographics5096 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I don't really have a horse in this race, but I always thought Lazenby was all wrong for Bond, especially as Connery's successor.

  • @Dale_The_Space_Wizard
    @Dale_The_Space_Wizard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In my head-canon Diamonds are Forever takes place before On Her Majesty's Secret Service and after You Only Live Twice.

  • @subculture2006
    @subculture2006 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really like George Lazenby and OHMSS is my favourite Bond movie.

  • @EverettBurger
    @EverettBurger 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It would have been interesting having John Gavin as James Bond. After all, he would eventually be American ambassador to Mexico.
    Imagine a James Bond actor having Diplomatic Immunity

  • @bigge3021
    @bigge3021 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To this day, I really wished we would’ve gotten the original Richard Maibaum script instead of Mankiewicz one that we got in Diamonds are Forever. Besides the script being poor and Hamilton’s over-the-top direction in the film, my main issue was that it should’ve been a direct sequel to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service where Bond’s revenge towards Blofeld needed to be throughout the movie, not just have it wrap up during the opening sequence. As for whether it should’ve been Connery and Lazenby returning on Bond, I honestly don’t care because both actors did exceptional work with the character, but the one actor I did wished return was Savalas as Blofeld along with Hunt returning to direct it.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a pity that EON gave up on the chance to do an interesting exploration of the character. They'd been planning OHMSS since 1964 as the big one, and they when they finally released it they got scared it wasn't Bond enough and hadn't made enough money. It cost less than YOLT and made not much less than it. Lazenby leaving gave them the perfect excuse to hit reset and pretend OHMSS had never happened. I think it was an overreaction. OHMSS wasn't universally hated or a bomb. Neither was Lazenby. But EON decided they wanted another Goldfinger and set about bringing in the personnel from there. As much as I love Diamonds it was still a cop out. A variety show rather than where does Bond go after his wife is murdered.

  • @mikey_r
    @mikey_r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow there are a couple of movies in there I would really pay to watch 😍

  • @dycebastion
    @dycebastion 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Where did that clip of the killer kitties come from? 😂

    • @CetranRage
      @CetranRage 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that is from the swedish movie "let the right one in" and it is a very good movie. great cast, great soundtrack!

  • @pepperpeterpiperpickled9805
    @pepperpeterpiperpickled9805 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This would have been fantastic!!!!!

  • @staralotzka5586
    @staralotzka5586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This would have been such a better movie than the one we got

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the Goldfinger sequel really reminds me of Die Hard With A Vengence.

  • @user-po4kb2lw5t
    @user-po4kb2lw5t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My favorite Bond movies starring Sean Connery are Dr No, Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice.
    Diamonds Are Forever is a 6,0 or 6,5/10.

  • @pebblestein
    @pebblestein 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    after all the polls, diamonds are forever fans can finally find peace at last

  • @harrylewis2040
    @harrylewis2040 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This sounds like a great plot

  • @ahha6304
    @ahha6304 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I mean, George is Timothy before Timothy, and Daniel before Daniel, but his style was too soon for audience and critics, but compare to nowadays trend OHMSS is pretty damn solid as people would want to see
    I love OHMSS so much it's the gunbarrel pose I've ever practised and becomes a muscle memory

    • @user-xp2gm8im2c
      @user-xp2gm8im2c 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Timothy is Daniel before Daniel.